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Evening Standard Crossword May 30 2024 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword May 30 2024 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Money resourcesFUNDS5Across1 DrearyDISMAL6Across1 A fat figureGROSS5Across1 ScampRASCAL6Across5 On the sea, it turns up a lot in the southeastSPUME5Across6 Musical dramaOPERA5Across6 FundamentalBASIC5Across9 London's initial finance?CAPITAL7Across9 FundamentalRADICAL7Across9 CapBONNET6Across10 Chuck's after a girl, being very attractiveDISHY5Across10 WideBROAD5Across10 BeamGIRDER6Across11 Cuban danceRUMBA5Across11 She always appears in a forlorn attitudeLORNA5Across11 IronPRESS5Across12 LukewarmTEPID5Across12 Said wrongly by the Yankee to be a bloomerDAISY5Across12 Does such a business involve dismissal from office?REMOVAL7Across13 Architectural styleBAROQUE7Across13 StoreSTOW4Across14 This thing had little value but meant muchFAR3Across15 Apple seedPIP3Across15 Boy's nameALAN4Across17 Said to be an immoral endORAL4Across17 FreeRID3Across17 Whence it's extraordinarily far, I see, to central SpainAFRICA6Across18 Roof of the mouthPALATE6Across18 HintCLUE4Across18 BuffaloBISON5Across19 Where, in France, Vi's on the touchy side?VICHY5Across19 PivotSWIVEL6Across20 Figures in the garden, perhapsGNOMES6Across20 MistakeERROR5Across20 ThawMELT4Across22 Identical to the southern part of AmericaSAME4Across22 MixBLEND5Across22 RemainsRESIDUE7Across23 The fisherman's girl?HER3Across24 RebukeSCOLD5Across24 AssistAID3Across24 StudiesPERUSES7Across25 Makes great efforts to dissolve tabletsBATTLES7Across25 Took the plungeDIVED5Across26 ClawTALON5Across26 Bread makerBAKER5Across26 Shout applauseCHEER5Across27 Philosophically resigned to the awful cost of holding the line?STOIC5Across27 But not too mean to get merry?TIGHT5Across28 Small insectMIDGE5Across28 What a relatively light diet will get you?SLIMMER7Across29 Aquatic reptilesTURTLES7Across29 LoanLEND4Across29 In the grass, relative of the rat and the skunk?SNAKE5Across30 Salad garnishCRESS5Across30 BloomBUD3Across30 In that placeTHERE5Across31 Dramatic utterance of new ideasASIDE5Across31 Not anyNONE4Across32 BlanchedPALED5Across33 TraderDEALER6Across35 SourBITTER6Across36 AnewAGAIN5Across37 LastENDURE6Across38 FearTERROR6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DegradeDEBASE6Down1 ImaginaryUNREAL6Down2 ElderSENIOR6Down2 Attacker with a right to an assistant?RAIDER6Down2 Academy for swimmers?SCHOOL6Down3 HelpABET4Down3 Mythical monsterDRAGON6Down3 AfterLATER5Down4 Express, let's supposeSAY3Down4 UnhappySAD3Down4 InflexibleRIGID5Down5 Figure a rail crash to bring a sort of infectionVIRAL5Down5 FilamentFIBRE5Down5 TartACID4Down6 If sly as can be, you can eat itSALSIFY7Down6 RowerOARSMAN7Down6 In additionPLUS4Down7 HugCUDDLE6Down7 An employer's clever device?PLOY4Down7 No ordinary fanMANIAC6Down8 Burrowing mammalRABBIT6Down8 SkulkedLURKED6Down8 StudentPUPIL5Down12 Figure in the centre platform, with the CupDAVIS5Down12 ContemptiblePITIFUL7Down13 Like the incompetent golfer's luck?ROUGH5Down13 Light woodBALSA5Down13 When elected, the was in the majorityMAJOR5Down14 QuickRAPID5Down14 TrackTRACE5Down15 Last chance of a piece of silverware?FINAL5Down15 Leaves of a bookPAGES5Down15 UniverseWORLD5Down16 NuisancesPESTS5Down16 In which, competitively, a raw beginner leads the winners?RACES5Down16 UnsoiledCLEAN5Down18 Card gamePOKER5Down18 A mind to be in the leadAHEAD5Down18 He, Clive, wrecked the carriage!VEHICLE7Down19 CoalitionUNION5Down19 Minsk's countryBELARUS7Down19 Physicist who gave us a modern measure of weightNEWTON6Down21 ColourRED3Down21 WiltWITHER6Down21 StubbornMULISH6Down22 ExceptBUT3Down22 In a well known case, they form a flightSTAIRS6Down22 Accounts bookLEDGER6Down23 The Dome could never quite have been built by this systemMETHOD6Down23 SleighSLEDGE6Down24 TrivialPETTY5Down25 The smiles of sturdy supportersBEAMS5Down25 ForwardONWARD6Down25 Kids can use a floppy oneDISK4Down26 WagersBETS4Down26 LingerLOITER6Down27 As served in the late afternoon?TEA3Down28 CloserNEARER6Down28 EncounteredMET3Down28 ShoveBARGE5Down30 LossDEBIT5Down31 FruitPEAR4Down33 EatDINE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.